On The Trail Of The Ancient Opium Poppy
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On The Trail Of The Ancient Opium Poppy
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Author : Mark David Merlin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984-01-01
On The Trail Of The Ancient Opium Poppy written by Mark David Merlin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984-01-01 with Technology & Engineering categories.
On The Trail Of The Opium Poppy Vol 1 By A Hosie
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Author : Alexander Hosie
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1914
On The Trail Of The Opium Poppy Vol 1 By A Hosie written by Alexander Hosie and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1914 with categories.
On The Trail Of The Opium Poppy Vol 2 By Alexander Hosie
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Author : Alexander Hosie
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1914
On The Trail Of The Opium Poppy Vol 2 By Alexander Hosie written by Alexander Hosie and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1914 with categories.
Forces Of Habit
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Author : David T. COURTWRIGHT
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2009-06-30
Forces Of Habit written by David T. COURTWRIGHT and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-30 with History categories.
A global history of the acquisition of progressively more potent means of altering ordinary waking consciousness, this book is the first to provide the big picture of the discovery, interchange, and exploitation of the planet's psychoactive resources, from tea and kola to opiates and amphetamines.
The Routledge Companion To Ecstatic Experience In The Ancient World
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Author : Diana Stein
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-12-31
The Routledge Companion To Ecstatic Experience In The Ancient World written by Diana Stein and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-31 with History categories.
For millennia, people have universally engaged in ecstatic experience as an essential element in ritual practice, spiritual belief and cultural identification. This volume offers the first systematic investigation of its myriad roles and manifestations in the ancient Mediterranean and Near East. The twenty-nine contributors represent a broad range of scholarly disciplines, seeking answers to fundamental questions regarding the patterns and commonalities of this vital aspect of the past. How was the experience construed and by what means was it achieved? Who was involved? Where and when were rites carried out? How was it reflected in pictorial arts and written records? What was its relation to other components of the sociocultural compact? In proposing responses, the authors draw upon a wealth of original research in many fields, generating new perspectives and thought-provoking, often surprising, conclusions. With their abundant cross-cultural and cross-temporal references, the chapters mutually enrich each other and collectively deepen our understanding of ecstatic phenomena thousands of years ago. Another noteworthy feature of the book is its illustrative content, including commissioned reconstructions of ecstatic scenarios and pairings of works of Bronze Age and modern psychedelic art. Scholars, students and other readers interested in antiquity, comparative religion and the social and cognitive sciences will find much to explore in the fascinating realm of ecstatic experience in the ancient world.
Were The Opium Poppy And Opium Known In The Ancient Near East
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Author : Abraham D. Krikorian
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975
Were The Opium Poppy And Opium Known In The Ancient Near East written by Abraham D. Krikorian and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with categories.
Did Lin Zexu Make Morphine Volumes 1 And 2
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Author : G. W.. Robinette
language : en
Publisher: graffiti militante
Release Date : 2008
Did Lin Zexu Make Morphine Volumes 1 And 2 written by G. W.. Robinette and has been published by graffiti militante this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Art categories.
Soon to be banned in Beijing, this work suggests that Lin Zexu, often called the first modern Chinese nationalist, popular icon for present-day prohibitionists, who legend says caused the first Opium War (1839-1842) by destroying some 20,000 chests of British opium, may deserve a second look from historians. His method of using lime and salt to "destroy" the opium simply shares too many parallels with European methods for extracting morphine from opium. Morphine salts were sold in both China and Europe in the 19th century as substitutes for opium or as opium "cures". Could the mandarin Lin Zexu have stolen from the British, conned the Americans, hastened the downfall of the parasitical Manchu dynasty, and manufactured a simple morphine salt? -- Graffii Milante, Valpaaiso, Chile --from book cover.
Handbook On Opium
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Author : Vasanth Kumar
language : en
Publisher: Academic Press
Release Date : 2022-01-29
Handbook On Opium written by Vasanth Kumar and has been published by Academic Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-29 with Medical categories.
Handbook of Opium: History and Basis of Opioids in Therapeutics traces the history of poppy from its prehistory, its use in Greek and Egyptian medicine through the European Renaissance, and the opioid epidemic of the present day. The book explores the discovery of morphine and its alkaloids, reviews its biosynthetic process, and covers the evolution of synthetic opioids. Further, it reviews the biological effects of opium and the molecular basis of its actions, including future perspectives in clinical applications with therapeutic targets. The book is interspersed with numerous notes on the events and great minds in history and medicine who advocated, analyzed and advanced opium through history. The book is a comprehensive review on opium, covering a breadth of topics, including its history, botany, chemistry, trade, physiology, clinical use and molecular biology, with numerous references, tables, vignettes and illustrations included for additional understanding. Presents a comprehensive review on opium, covering a range of topics Filled with historical vignettes, tables and illustrations to aid understanding Authored by practicing clinicians who integrate clinical information in the context of history and pharmacology
The Chinese And Opium Under The Republic
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Author : Alan Baumler
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 2012-02-01
The Chinese And Opium Under The Republic written by Alan Baumler and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-01 with Political Science categories.
In the nineteenth century, opium smoking was common throughout China and regarded as a vice no different from any other: pleasurable, potentially dangerous, but not a threat to destroy the nation and the race, and often profitable to the state and individuals. Once Western concepts of addiction came to China in the twentieth century, however, opium came to be seen as a problem "worse than floods and wild beasts." In this book, Alan Baumler examines how Chinese reformers convinced the people and the state that eliminating opium was one of the crucial tasks facing the new Chinese nation. He analyzes the process by which the government borrowed international models of drug control and modern ideas of citizenship and combined them into a program that successfully transformed opium from a major part of China's political economy to an ordinary social problem.
Crusaders Against Opium
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Author : Kathleen L. Lodwick
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 2014-07-11
Crusaders Against Opium written by Kathleen L. Lodwick and has been published by University Press of Kentucky this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-11 with History categories.
Opium addiction in China during the closing decades of the Ch'ing dynasty afflicted all segments of society. From government officials to farmers, the population fell prey to the effects of the drug. Some provinces reported addiction rates as high as eighty percent. With the birth of Chinese nationalism, reformers -- missionaries who had witnessed the effects of opium on Chinese society, students who had studied abroad and returned to their native land with broader perspectives, families who had lost all through the addiction of a loved one, doctors who had firsthand knowledge that opium use led only to death -- cried out against the drug. Even though many were convinced that opium use had sapped the strength of China, ending the use of the drug was a complicated problem. Opium trade financed the colonial government of India, and imports amounted to many tons annually. Domestic poppies were also cultivated as source of income. Kathleen Lodwick examines the intersecting efforts of Protestant missionaries, particularly medical doctors, who had long denounced opium use, the British Royal Commission on Opium, which was decidedly pro-opium, the U.S. Philippine Commission, which denounced not only the trade but the Chinese people, and the British officials who finally undertook the task of ending the importation of opium to China. China kept few records on the amount of drug use or its effects. Missionary medical doctors conducted the first scientific survey on the effects of the drug, and their findings provided clear evidence of its perniciousness. Such evidence could not be ignored, whatever the fortunes involved, and missionaries conducted a campaign of education and awareness in China and abroad. As a result of their efforts, China and Britain entered into a treaty that called for all opium trade to cease by 1917, and both governments as well as the missionaries become immediately active toward that end. The suppression campaign was among the most successful of the late Ch'ing reforms. Lodwick tells a fascinating story of imperial exploitation and of a strain of honest crusaders who sought to right some of the wrongs their own nation was perpetrating. This book represents a strong argument against legalization of addictive drugs, a topic being discussed today in the United States as a solution to the societal problems our own drug use has caused.